Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-30
A TRIP TO THE SOUTH.
Correspondence of the Register.l
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA,
Dec. II. 1881.

brandon where I nassed fine night at the
ouiet bosteIrv of the Brandon Uouse
The npxt orning hv liverv I wont to
pittsfnrd then h,- cors to pufIoud no
newt sion was af whore q stoUe rms to
Snringfald about ron miles If vos n
dawn gr.do 1r;,,o u.ith ono sto,, to oho,,ra
mail af the small VILLAGE of \nrth Snring-
field.
SprinUtield il n tidv litt1e villaoo norcb-
ed around on hills. If is also interlined
in valleys. The Black river Goes throuoh
il with fall enouuh to maize excellent
water-Dower. and this is so we'll used
that Sprinofeld is one of the larger
towns. both in nonulation and fax nav
inc. of the State. We were at Snring-
field number of DAYS. driving over the
hills that tower above if and into its val
levs. II was 70 rs u new nhase of Yer
mont scenery but if was very Vermont
ish. We left If bv the beautiful vale of
the Black river and crossed the Connecti-
cut to New Uamnshire. whore ot tbe old
village of Chariestown. with IFS wide
street and large old mansions. we again
came TO the railroad. 4 few miles nv
rail brings rs TO Bellows Falls in time
for express to Boston.
Massachusetts cannot boast much of
her agriculture. thouyh strong in COM
merce and manufacturers The soil for
bids This. In fine valley of the Connecti-
cut are magnificent meadows. bur ont
side of this we know very little land that
is eoual TO that of tbe over,op Vermont
farms.
BOSTON seemed to no VOL So far NJ
we know. il is tbe best huilt ritv On a,rtb
If seems TO he unfortunate in NOT having
much room but nerbans If uili tind soma
somewhere and then grow bigrer if for
no other reason than 70 500 how, If ,yould
fool to have soma ,non, to hniId an nm
SION wasn't tba Hotel R,.uns,,iol, lnnn
bore there has haen a littla "ro,,rd ,ini;7
cd nm or hniIt nm and tha RostoniarI ara
very nroud Of If and b.ve aro,.ted n NM
her ~ d;naront I,inds Of ,rurl,ish Nosn,,ns
Win M Known dnsirn hut tn ebou. ,,iih hot
was noSsihle in huilJino ''''''
Fran RoSton to Aim, ,,o mazda h,-
and wero s,,rn,.iSod nt tha az,
tent of low mountains we want tbrough
EMERGING from Them onlv littla wLile
hefore rearhing p;ttSfaid Tho low
makers of New yorl, ~, soma ~ tben,
wa b.d a o,I;n,rsa of ~ tIo no,n,'.',i
The next morning hrougbt ne to Unds"m
which has the lonoest one street and mo-
nj bar nf ,,1nan In, hn Ia.
fold me If was On - narrow. neri, of lana
and hence evtendad ~ - C.ma,Ii,n f ,"n'
indatiniteIv to tha rear W. sa''. 40, -.
Of ire tirst newsnanar nr,tod o,ar d" ih" ,i,
drad wears ago p'''''N '''' =" "'''
Uuason i y citv of M furs T, tb;s ro
snect II does NOT resomhla Nont,naI
tried to borrow mr. hire = fnr coat for a
ride into the country. but there was mona
bur said they never kent them In the
the mercurv vas attocl,;nr zero
and the wind was free. AT the hotel
when entered an animated discussion
upon Mr.. Georue's land theorieS was go-
inc on. Quite a good talker had tbe fSor
against faxes beinv on land only and .f.
ter making what seemed to he n verv
thorough argument. he retired A voung
slim-built man that SAT- nv tbe stove liSt,
ening. remarked that he had RIM away
because he could NOT stand his oround I
said there was some that could renlv' to
his argument. The vounp man Seemed
surprised and startled at the imnetnositv
of nv remarks. bur slowly. and with tha
modestv that belongs to real worth he
collected his thoupht and began to m
hold his side-the Henry George theory
that there should be no ownershin in lana
and to accomplish this. the further min,
chile that there should he M taxal az
cent on land. and thar should he tnxed to
its full value.
I soon saw how little va tnow ohout
ANYTHING thar we l,now nothinn ahnut
The ARGUMENTS adv,nced ,nna,loJ ~
ones perception of truth At rho c,oSe
he handed me- , n,n,nblnt IF LAIN S,nart
Mill on the subiect nnnonnrin@ rho same
doctrine so that s,w 80 rond - thi,l'ar
rs he believed in this " ''''''"''
When the vonng man want ort s.;d
TO tbe landlord t6,t ha , wa. J h,,,h. tan
low. YES" ne answared Va" ..bo :, -, ,e'
Henry GEORGE = AftoruordS u q avn W. pn
came b,cl, fail,od r.;tt i';' wiz" Nv
Ua s,id th't ' ti hli,, "oou' VIZ
lished an editorii earlv nj" thipp1 Ifo, P ,h"t
thev had nor had N fa;. i,'i I'M uln'
wards thev Looked intn II no., ou, ,,i1
reading tho trial ali tl,ro, " o"'Siul.,
satisfied they were gniitv - tha ,nh ., "e,e
Jndoe - sonehnd;, 20 Wv, Ca Ma,
who as understood 6ad ~ Ua,'ioinia,
u.;th ~. .. ia" hiucii 10 uo